Westlake completed its acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride and vinyl chloride monomer production site in Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The company made its acquisition through a German subsidiary, Westlake ...

Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) (“Westlake”) announced today that its German subsidiary, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, has completed the previously-announced acquisition of a polyvinyl chloride ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC): 2017 World Market Outlook and Forecast up to 2021" report to their offering. The present ...

Major players in the production of Global Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride (CPVC) are Lubrizol Advanced Materials, Kaneka Corporation, Sekusei Chemicals Co Ltd, Hanwha Chemical Corporation, Shandong ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a review that could eventually lead to the end of PVC plastic production—impacting everything from records to rubber ducks. Vinyl ...

Westlake Corp. (Houston)announced that its German subsidiary, Westlake Vinnolit GmbH & Co. KG, has completed the previously-announced acquisition of a ...

The "Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Patent Landscape Report" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report provides a detailed analysis of the patent landscape for Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC ...

On the evening of May 17, 1970, the 19th car of a freight train derailed in the Pennsylvania village of Cromby, a small town nestled along a horseshoe curve in the Schuylkill River about 30 miles from ...

In 1974, the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the use of vinyl chloride in aerosols. It is still used primarily to produce polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, one of the most widely produced plastics ...